Watch the first drone footage of the Tesla Semi Factory at the Giga Factory.

Key Highlights

• Here's a fantastic drone flyover of the Tesla Gigafactory 1 in Nevada, which produces a variety of products in addition to its main products (2170-type cylindrical cells and energy storage systems), including the Tesla Semi.
• Tesla Semi FactoryThe "Tesla Semi Factory" - a new facility about 2 miles down the road from the main Tesla Gigafactory 1 plant - comes next (about 3:00).
• The Tesla Semi factory is about 2 miles up the road from the main Giga Nevada building.

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Here's a fantastic drone flyover of the Tesla Gigafactory 1 in Nevada, which produces a variety of products in addition to its main products (2170-type cylindrical cells and energy storage systems), including the Tesla Semi.

The site as of January (we don't know the precise date) is revealed in a video posted by Sawyer Merritt, a well-informed Tesla enthusiast.

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Tesla Megapacks 

According to Sawyer Merritt, we can see more than 200 Tesla Megapack energy storage systems (worth close to $300 million) at first (down from 240 units in December). Overall, Megapack production appears to be in full swing (a few GWh per year), but the company will need a separate factory with a 40 GWh per year output in the long run.

Solar panels cover the majority of the main buildings' roofs, and the parking area holds thousands of employee cars.

Tesla Megachargers 

We can see the Tesla Megacharging station at the back of the facility at 1:15. The four stalls, which were discovered in late 2021, "have been fully installed," according to the video description, and the maximal power production is up to 1.5 MW.

However, there is no information on what the peak would be if numerous vehicles were charging at the same time.

The Tesla Semi heavy-duty electric truck is expected to use this type of charging infrastructure.

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Tesla Semi Factory

The "Tesla Semi Factory" - a new facility about 2 miles down the road from the main Tesla Gigafactory 1 plant - comes next (about 3:00). It's surrounded by a few additional comparable structures that, as far as we know, Tesla and other corporations use (see Google Maps image below).

Earlier this month, two Tesla Semi vehicles were spotted around this location. This is the facility, according to Sawyer Merritt, that makes the Semi on a small scale:

"Towards the end of the video is the first ever public drone footage of the Tesla Semi Factory (that I'm aware of) where the Semi is currently in limited production. The Tesla Semi factory is about 2 miles up the road from the main Giga Nevada building. Next to the Semi factory is a Tesla Warehouse."